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Letter
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English
Sound
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Creek
Word
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A, a
|
awful, law
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halo, wakv
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C, c
|
juice, church
|
cesse,
cetto
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E, e
|
e in pin
|
eco, este,
wenketv
|
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{e}, {c}
|
feed
|
efëke,
tuccënen, hoktë
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F, f
|
fish
|
fuswv,
fo, tvlofv
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H, h
|
he, Bach
|
hoktë,
hvlpvtv
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I, i
|
lace
|
yvpefikv,
liketv
|
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K, k
|
get (gih)
|
katcv,
kute, hakkv
|
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L, l
|
lip
|
lucv, tvlofv
|
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M, m
|
mouth
|
mëkko,
mahetv, emvhayv
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N, n
|
nose, sing
|
nute, nokose,
henkv
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O, o
|
hope
|
opv, okeha,
tvlofv
|
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P, p
|
pig, big (spot)
|
pokko,
pose
|
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R, r
|
athlete
|
raro, noricv
|
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S, s
|
sh, s, ts,
z
|
svmpv,
sukhv
|
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T, t
|
stone (d)
|
torwv,
tolose
|
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U, u
|
wood
|
fuswv
|
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V, v
|
but, luck
|
vce, opv,
svmpv
|
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W, w
|
we, wet
|
ele-wesakv,
hunvnwv
|
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Y, y
|
young
|
yupo, yvnvsv,
wvyo
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| |
Diphthongs:
|
|
au
|
house
|
vhauke
(door)
|
|
ue
|
queen
|
akhuervs
("stand up!")
|
A
Mikasuki Alphabet:
The following alphabet is based principally on material from A Guide
to the Miccosukee Language (1978), by the Miccosukee Tribe with
David West & Nellie Smith consulting. Since this is not a scholarly
work, the pronunciations are not transcribed in a true phonetic alphabet.
Therefore, these correspondences between Mikasuki and English speech
sounds are only educated guesses, and are subject to correction, modification,
or further explanation.
Letters
|
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a
|
hot - hut
|
palashte ‘bread’
|
|
b
|
back
|
boolooche
‘bream’
|
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ch
|
cheep, jeep
|
chahkeepan
‘five’, ponche ‘soda pop’
|
|
e
|
head - hid
- heed
|
embeekcheke
‘restaurant’
|
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f
|
fog
|
fooshheshke
‘feather’
|
|
h
|
hog
|
hachaloope
‘gum’
|
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k
|
kap, gap
|
kaape ‘coat’,
neełake ‘night’
|
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l
|
lag
|
looche ‘black’
|
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ł
|
athlete
|
łoone
‘horsefly’
|
|
m
|
map
|
manteele ‘flag’
|
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n
|
nap
|
noote ‘tooth’
|
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o
|
hope
|
hofe ‘bee,
wasp’
|
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p
|
pack
|
pełe
‘boat’
|
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sh
|
shack
|
shaawe ‘racoon’
|
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t
|
tack
|
takawe ‘mullet’
|
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w
|
wag
|
waake ‘cow’
|
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y
|
yak
|
yokche ‘turtle’
|
|
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Long
Vowels
|
|
aa
|
hot - hut
|
aahe ‘potato’
|
|
ee
|
head - hid
- heed
|
embeekcheke
‘restaurant’
|
|
oo
|
hope
|
łoone
‘horsefly’
|
|
|
Diphthongs
|
|
ao
|
doe -Tao
|
naakenchaoke
‘paper’
|
|
ay
|
day - die
|
shempayke
‘oil’
|
|
oy ?
|
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Student
Paper Studies
What
are the signs of language death?
What
are some of the different programs used to prevent language loss?
Why
become literate in an oral language?
Preserving
knowledge
Techniques
in Ethnobotany
Sequoia
Hieroglyphs
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